Sacramento Head Start Alumni Association

ENDORSE THE ACT TO LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND

Feb 26, 2002

YOUR ACTION NEEDED: ENCOURAGE YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO COSPONSOR/
ENDORSE THE ACT TO LEAVE NO CHILD BEHIND

The Act to Leave No Child Behind (S. 940/H.R. 1990) was introduced in
the U.S. Congress on May 23, 2001. This important federal legislation
incorporates policies and programs proven to improve children's lives,
including many proposals that have been introduced separately by
Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress. Support from advocates
in all states is vital to the passage of these important measures.
Please visit
http://campaign.childrensdefense.org/index.asp?Type=POI&SEC={7CF295E4-610D-41B5-A00F-7621D2CC7E42}
and click on your state to learn if your U.S. Senators and
Representative have signed on as co-sponsors and which state
legislators
and organizations have endorsed the Act in your state.

If your Member of Congress and Senators are not listed as co-sponsors,
please send them a message asking them to sign on! A pre-written,
editable message is available for you to send at
http://capwiz.com/cdf/issues/alert/?alertid=34813&type=CO.

Additionally, it is important for state legislators to support this
legislation as a way to underscore the support for children in the
states. We need advocates to email their state legislators and let
them
know that they can play a role in moving this piece of federal
legislation. Visit
http://capwiz.com/cdf/issues/alert/?alertid=88158&type=ST to send a
message to your own State legislators!